The Wild Reed

I n Minnesota, I heard a talk by Ian Bassin , a founder and the executive director of Protect Democracy , a nonprofit that works to ensure ...

Every six months or so I dutifully make my way to Dreamhaven Books in south Minneapolis to buy the latest volume of Fantagraphics ’ ambiti...

The following is written by Derek Penwell , Senior Minister at Douglass Blvd Christian Church . It was first shared on Derek’s substack, He...

Author James Redfield recently shared the following on Facebook. We’re living through a time when global events aren’t arriving one at ...

E ven on a purely strategic level, this Team Blue / Kamala “I told ya so” smugness tour is almost too dumb for words. Like, who is it meant ...

W hat we saw in Gaza was not just a genocide. It was a prototype of the wars to come. The goal of the American/Israeli bombings in Iran [...

H ere’s to the bridge-builders, the hand-holders, the light-bringers, those extraordinary souls wrapped in ordinary lives who quietly weave...

Earlier this evening my friends David and Rachel and I saw the Joffrey Ballet ’s American Icons program. It was a very impressive two hour...

One of my favorite actors is highlighted in a piece by Ty Cole . I share an excerpt from it below. Enjoy! _____________ André Holland’...

Earlier this evening the Muslim American Caucus of the Green Party of Minnesota hosted an iftar , the fast-breaking evening meal of Musli...